The last 42 hours have been possibly the most stressful that I have experienced in a long time. Not only did I fail to get a good start on my placebo paper Easter weekend, nor have the time to write a 500-word scholarship application, it seems that possibly every aspect of my life is tumbling down. Well, I really shouldn't say that. I had an awesome time with my family this weekend. However, coming back here was a difficult task, due to the fact that I didn't have nearly enough time to reconnect with my family, and that a number of things here have been stressing me out.
Hey, but I have to look on the bright side: I bought a new swimsuit... ON SALE... at wonderful Target :) Can that get me through this week?
The difficult stuff is out of the way. I stayed up until 4:30 this morning finishing my "Mind over Matter: The Placebo Effect and its Applications to Everyday Medicine" paper. Tutoring was nearly fatal, but I did make it through without messing up the kids' concepts of special triangle ratios too horribly (at least, so I think). The application is done and turned in, although technically 5 minutes after the deadline. And now, all I have to do is finish about four sections of Calc 3 homework by Friday and go to a student government banquet tomorrow night. So, stay tuned... by evening tomorrow I should know if I got the scholarship or not.
For now, I'm going to make up for my meager 2 1/2 hour sleep time last night with a full night's rest tonight. Hope everyone had a fantastic Easter!
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
my life as a tour guide
Stephie and Mom are coming tomorrow! Yay!! I'll have to brush up on my skills of a tour guide. It shall be splendid.
Oh, how will I ever survive April. Spring break was a welcome reprieve, but now I just can't seem to get myself back. Yay for Easter. The holy weekend of home-cooking and overwhelming amounts of candy :) And God. Yes, Jesus too.
Time to take a shower. This is what I get when I wake up late for tutoring.
Oh, how will I ever survive April. Spring break was a welcome reprieve, but now I just can't seem to get myself back. Yay for Easter. The holy weekend of home-cooking and overwhelming amounts of candy :) And God. Yes, Jesus too.
Time to take a shower. This is what I get when I wake up late for tutoring.
Sunday, March 20, 2005
adventures of spring break
I finally have time to update!! Of course, that means that spring break is officially over (for me). However, I've come to terms with that fact, and truthfully, it's a good thing that now I can settle into routine once again. But before I start catching up on the papers and studying that I really should be getting to, let's figure out how I've spent the last week and a half!
Where have I left off... Oh yes. It has been awhile, hasn't it. Last you have heard, I found out that I did well on my Bio test. Yes... then, I discovered that my confidence should not have perhaps extended as greatly to my other classes. The Calc test turned out alright, but that is probably more to do with the fact that I got lucky with a lot of my guesses. Let's just say that I have a lot to restudy for the final. Chemistry... was a LOT harder than I expected. And the worst thing is, I don't even know what grade I got on the test!! aaahhh!!! Well, enough complaining.
Spring break was a total blast. I rode down to the cities with probably two of the craziest girls in the J3 wing, and that was awesome in itself. We rode a giant rocket. How cool is that. Pictures may come later, but I do have them as proof.
And... unbeknown to me, Carol was planning all this time to spend her spring break in Boston as well! (Although for mightier reasons than me; she spent her whole week working in a food bank for AIDS patients and their families.) Carol and I had a lovely evening getting lost in the shopping districts of Boston... although, after we split up to head our separate ways home, I managed to get even more terribly lost. After wandering around for 45 minutes in the dark alleyways of the warehouse district of Cambridge, I finally figured out that I had gotten off at the wrong T stop and was still very far away from anything I could recognize. Talk about scary. (Don't worry, Mom and Dad! I called up Josh eventually, and he saved the day.)
I'm pretty sure that I have lost a few pounds this trip. Being away from the freedom of all-you-can-eat dining centers will do that to you. Well, and I walked pretty much everywhere in Boston. I think that on average, I walked 3-4 miles every day. That is especially impressive, taking into account the fact that pretty much everywhere I went, I wore my backpack filled to max capacity with boring placebo/mind-body medicine books. (Yeeessss, I'm still working on that paper... in fact, I have one that is due this Wednesday that I haven't even started on... eeeek!) Grr... why can't I stay on one topic.
However, all the walking and lack of eating has still not given me the ability to fit into that wonderful size 4 clothing. I went shopping at Old Navy yesterday, and somehow, my body constitutes a size 8 in pants sizing?! Freaking clothing industry. I know it's just a number, but what is the industry's deal? Are they trying to make everyone go on a diet here?
Okay, now I'm done ranting. All in all, it was an excellently full spring break. I had excellent food, I breathed fresh air (which is more than I can say about the poopishly-corn-smell I am currently experiencing through my open window), I got a greater sense of how lucky I truly am, and I got to spend it all with my cousin and other wonderful people. The plane experience was even awesome; I met some girl from Ukraine flying in to play piano in Missouri, I sat next to a female chemist on one of my plane rides, and I'm pretty sure that the guy I sat next to flying into the Twin Cities was flamboyantly gay. It was a fantastic trip, and I would do it again in a heartbeat. Except with caffeine pills, so I wouldn't be so tired all the time!!
Talking about time. Bedtime! More later, perhaps.
Where have I left off... Oh yes. It has been awhile, hasn't it. Last you have heard, I found out that I did well on my Bio test. Yes... then, I discovered that my confidence should not have perhaps extended as greatly to my other classes. The Calc test turned out alright, but that is probably more to do with the fact that I got lucky with a lot of my guesses. Let's just say that I have a lot to restudy for the final. Chemistry... was a LOT harder than I expected. And the worst thing is, I don't even know what grade I got on the test!! aaahhh!!! Well, enough complaining.
Spring break was a total blast. I rode down to the cities with probably two of the craziest girls in the J3 wing, and that was awesome in itself. We rode a giant rocket. How cool is that. Pictures may come later, but I do have them as proof.
And... unbeknown to me, Carol was planning all this time to spend her spring break in Boston as well! (Although for mightier reasons than me; she spent her whole week working in a food bank for AIDS patients and their families.) Carol and I had a lovely evening getting lost in the shopping districts of Boston... although, after we split up to head our separate ways home, I managed to get even more terribly lost. After wandering around for 45 minutes in the dark alleyways of the warehouse district of Cambridge, I finally figured out that I had gotten off at the wrong T stop and was still very far away from anything I could recognize. Talk about scary. (Don't worry, Mom and Dad! I called up Josh eventually, and he saved the day.)
I'm pretty sure that I have lost a few pounds this trip. Being away from the freedom of all-you-can-eat dining centers will do that to you. Well, and I walked pretty much everywhere in Boston. I think that on average, I walked 3-4 miles every day. That is especially impressive, taking into account the fact that pretty much everywhere I went, I wore my backpack filled to max capacity with boring placebo/mind-body medicine books. (Yeeessss, I'm still working on that paper... in fact, I have one that is due this Wednesday that I haven't even started on... eeeek!) Grr... why can't I stay on one topic.
However, all the walking and lack of eating has still not given me the ability to fit into that wonderful size 4 clothing. I went shopping at Old Navy yesterday, and somehow, my body constitutes a size 8 in pants sizing?! Freaking clothing industry. I know it's just a number, but what is the industry's deal? Are they trying to make everyone go on a diet here?
Okay, now I'm done ranting. All in all, it was an excellently full spring break. I had excellent food, I breathed fresh air (which is more than I can say about the poopishly-corn-smell I am currently experiencing through my open window), I got a greater sense of how lucky I truly am, and I got to spend it all with my cousin and other wonderful people. The plane experience was even awesome; I met some girl from Ukraine flying in to play piano in Missouri, I sat next to a female chemist on one of my plane rides, and I'm pretty sure that the guy I sat next to flying into the Twin Cities was flamboyantly gay. It was a fantastic trip, and I would do it again in a heartbeat. Except with caffeine pills, so I wouldn't be so tired all the time!!
Talking about time. Bedtime! More later, perhaps.
Sunday, March 06, 2005
greetings from green belt-dom
What a full weekend this has been! To imagine that in just a few days, I'll be flying off to Boston... :) I'm so excited!! Anyways, time to play catch-up...
My Biology test went super well! It was on evolution and species, which is one of the most boring things that I have ever studied for. Also, there were some things in there that were incongruous. For example, our textbook teaches us that a reducing atmosphere, combined with the "bubble theory" (which states that bubbles formed on the edges of lakes/water bodies and evolved into simple cells) made the first cells of life. But how can that be, when it has been found that there was no oxygen or ozone in the early life of the earth? How do you make water, except with the combination of two hydrogens and one oxygen? Sounds kind of fishy to me.
As you might infer by the title of this post, yes, I am now a full-fledged green belt in American Okinawan Karate! I tell you, it is so much more awesome to be a green belt. Just going to sparing class today made me feel like, WOW... I am a green belt. And I know karate! And I can kick other people's butts! (Except if they are Rhiannon, Chad, Martha, Amanda, or Dave :) And April, sometimes.)
The Honors Formal was hella-tight, for sure. The music was pretty diverse, which made me happy. Some people complained that there wasn't enough swing, but I personally have a hard time with swing, so I was happy with what we had. The food was most excellent, as well. And having random people look at you like, "wow, you look awesome!" is super cool too.
Time for hall gov! More later...
My Biology test went super well! It was on evolution and species, which is one of the most boring things that I have ever studied for. Also, there were some things in there that were incongruous. For example, our textbook teaches us that a reducing atmosphere, combined with the "bubble theory" (which states that bubbles formed on the edges of lakes/water bodies and evolved into simple cells) made the first cells of life. But how can that be, when it has been found that there was no oxygen or ozone in the early life of the earth? How do you make water, except with the combination of two hydrogens and one oxygen? Sounds kind of fishy to me.
As you might infer by the title of this post, yes, I am now a full-fledged green belt in American Okinawan Karate! I tell you, it is so much more awesome to be a green belt. Just going to sparing class today made me feel like, WOW... I am a green belt. And I know karate! And I can kick other people's butts! (Except if they are Rhiannon, Chad, Martha, Amanda, or Dave :) And April, sometimes.)
The Honors Formal was hella-tight, for sure. The music was pretty diverse, which made me happy. Some people complained that there wasn't enough swing, but I personally have a hard time with swing, so I was happy with what we had. The food was most excellent, as well. And having random people look at you like, "wow, you look awesome!" is super cool too.
Time for hall gov! More later...
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